Jharkhand High Court quashed a woman’s trafficking conviction, citing lack of evidence and failure to examine victims

Team Law Notify High Courts May 6, 2026

JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 326 | 2026:JHHC:13298 May 5, 2026 : The Jharkhand High Court has acquitted a woman convicted under Section 370 of the Indian Penal Code in an alleged human trafficking case, holding that the prosecution Read more…

Jharkhand HC denies bail to alleged Maoist, says long custody alone not enough in UAPA cases involving national security

Team Law Notify High Courts May 4, 2026

Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Sanjay Prasad

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 315 | 2026:JHHC:12347-DB April 27, 2026 : The Jharkhand High Court has refused to grant bail to an alleged Maoist operative, holding that long incarceration alone cannot justify release in cases involving serious offences Read more…

Chhattisgarh HC directs return of gold and silver seized in 2003 robbery case after accused were acquitted.

Team Law Notify High Courts March 2, 2026

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 176 | 2026:CGHC:10684 March 02, 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh has set aside a Raigarh sessions court order and directed that gold and silver ornaments seized in a 2003 robbery case be Read more…

Chhattisgarh High Court Acquits Man in Section 306 IPC Abetment of Suicide Case

Team Law Notify High Courts February 12, 2026

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 124 | 2026:CGHC:7729 February 12, 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh has acquitted a man convicted of abetment of suicide, holding that the prosecution failed to prove both the nature of the woman’s Read more…

Chhattisgarh High Court acquits a woman convicted of killing her two sons, ruling that a surviving accused’s statement is not a valid dying declaration

Team Law Notify High Courts February 4, 2026

Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal | Justice Arvind Kumar Verma

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 89 | 2026:CGHC:6222-DB February 04, 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh has set aside the conviction of a woman who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for the deaths of her two minor Read more…

Chhattisgarh High Court sets aside conviction of a juvenile tried as an adult, citing violations of mandatory safeguards under the Juvenile Justice Act

Team Law Notify High Courts January 26, 2026

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 66 | 2026:CGHC:4041-DB Bilaspur, January 23, 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh has set aside the conviction and sentence of a man who was tried as an adult for serious criminal offences committed Read more…

Chhattisgarh High Court Rejects State’s Appeal Over 228-Day Delay in Acquittal Case

Team Law Notify High Courts January 20, 2026

News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 109 | 2026:CGHC:3170-DB January 20, 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur has refused to entertain a criminal miscellaneous petition filed by the State of Chhattisgarh seeking leave to appeal against an Read more…

Supreme Court: Lack of Motive Not Fatal Where Credible Dying Declaration Exists; Acquittal Set Aside in Wife Burning Case

Team Law Notify Supreme Court January 17, 2026

News Delhi : The Supreme Court of India has held that the absence of strong proof of motive does not weaken the prosecution case when there is direct and reliable evidence in the form of a credible dying declaration. Setting Read more…

Chhattisgarh High Court acquits two men in a 2013 railway track death case, citing failure to prove homicidal death and gaps in circumstantial evidence

Team Law Notify High Courts January 14, 2026

Bilaspur, January 14, 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur has acquitted two men who were earlier convicted for the alleged murder of a young woman whose body was found on a railway track in 2013, holding that Read more…

Chhattisgarh High Court sets aside a 2007 rape conviction, citing unreliable testimony, medical evidence gaps, and failure to prove the case beyond doubt

Team Law Notify High Courts January 13, 2026

News Citaaation : 2026 LN (HC) 40 Bilaspur, January 13, 2026 : The High Court of Chhattisgarh has set aside a 2007 rape conviction, allowing a long-pending criminal appeal and acquitting the accused after finding serious doubts in the prosecution Read more…

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